"A Trifle Embarrassed"

Title

"A Trifle Embarrassed"

Subject

New Territories of the United States

Description

Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by a pair of arms representing "Manifest Destiny". Inside the courtyard behind the walls of the asylum are four children labeled "Texas, New Mexico, California [and] Alaska" playing together.